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Please don't post unsubstantive comments and/or flamebait to HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22064741.



I'd like to know in which part of the planet my comment is unsubstantiated.


It was a shallow one-liner that repeated a platitude in a dismissive way. That makes it an unsubstantive post and we're trying to avoid those here. Would you mind reviewing the site guidelines and taking their spirit more to heart when posting? Your comment broke at least three of them:

"Please don't post shallow dismissals [...] A good critical comment teaches us something."

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

"Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html




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